Cate Field home opener

Baseball Jon Oglesby, SLCC Athletics

SLCC Baseball powers through Friday doubleheader sweep

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (February 21, 2020) – The Salt Lake Community College baseball team continued its strong start to the 2020 preseason, earning a doubleheader sweep in its home-opening weekend on Friday.
 
The Bruins earned a pair of wins over Treasure Valley Community College, downing TVCC by scores of 8-0 in game one and 20-1 in game two. The wins boost Salt Lake's overall record to 11-3.
 
SLCC will play another doubleheader against Treasure Valley on Saturday at Cate Field. The day's first game will start at 12:00 p.m. The Bruins will start Scenic West Athletic Conference play on Feb. 27 against Colorado Northwestern Community College.
 
Salt Lake 8, Treasure Valley 0: A few big innings helped the Bruins power to the win in the day's opening game.
 
Behind a strong pitching performance by Breck Eichelberger, Salt Lake's offense posted four runs in the fourth inning to take a lead it would never relinquish. Cole Gambill had a monster performance at the plate, going 2-of-3 with a double, a triple and a trio of RBI's. Travis Johnson went 1-of-2 with a home run, while Cade Perkins finished 3-of-3 at the plate.
 
Cole Eichelberger threw six innings in the win, striking out nine batters and finishing with three hits. 
 
Salt Lake 20, Treasure Valley 1: The Bruins put on an offensive clinic in game two, scoring four runs in the first inning and never looking back.
 
SLCC held a 12-0 lead after the third inning, part of an offensive performance that saw them post 18 hits in the game. Thomas Grilli helped lead the way, going 3-of-4 with 4 RBI's in the win. Salt Lake had five different players finish with multi-hit games.
 
Jason James earned the pitching victory, finishing with 6 strikeouts in 3.1 innings of work. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Breck Eichelberger

#19 Breck Eichelberger

RHP
6' 4"
Sophomore
R./R
Cole Gambill

#4 Cole Gambill

OF
6' 2"
Sophomore
L/R
Jason James

#8 Jason James

RHP
6' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
Travis Johnson

#17 Travis Johnson

INF/RHP
6' 4"
Freshman
R/R
Cade Perkins

#21 Cade Perkins

INF
5' 9"
Freshman
L/R
Thomas Grilli

#3 Thomas Grilli

C/INF
6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R

Players Mentioned

Breck Eichelberger

#19 Breck Eichelberger

6' 4"
Sophomore
R./R
RHP
Cole Gambill

#4 Cole Gambill

6' 2"
Sophomore
L/R
OF
Jason James

#8 Jason James

6' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Travis Johnson

#17 Travis Johnson

6' 4"
Freshman
R/R
INF/RHP
Cade Perkins

#21 Cade Perkins

5' 9"
Freshman
L/R
INF
Thomas Grilli

#3 Thomas Grilli

6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
C/INF